Thai League Cup

The League Cup (Thai: ไทยลีกคัพ) is a football cup competition in Thailand. It is also known as Toyota League Cup for sponsorship reasons.[1]

Thai League Cup
Organising bodyFootball Association of Thailand
Founded1987 (1987) (1st era)
2010 (2010) (2nd era)
Region Thailand
Number of teams92
Current championsBuriram United
(7th title)
Most successful club(s)Buriram United
(7 titles)
Television broadcastersTrueVisions
2022–23 Thai League Cup

History

Thai League Cup was started by Toyota Motor (Thailand) in the name of Toyota Cup, the competition was held eight times between 1987 and 1994. Toyota Cup was canceled after establishing the 1996–97 Thailand Soccer League in the form of a professional league. As a result, the importance of the League Cup was diminished and the reason for its eventual cancellation.[2]

It was re-formed during the 2010 domestic football league season in Thailand and ran along the same lines as the Thai FA Cup except that the earlier rounds would be regional rather than an open draw.[3]

The League Cup competition in Thailand is said to be an opportunity for medium-sized teams to have the opportunity to compete with big teams and win prize money. The winning prize will receive a prize of 5,000,000 baht. The runner-up receives a prize of 1,000,000 baht and a travel allowance for all visiting teams from the qualifying round to the final rounds, 50,000 baht per team.[4]

Format

Thai League Cup is open to all members of the Football Association of Thailand and Thai League 1 and is divided into eight rounds; the remaining Thai League teams enter the first round. Matches in all rounds are single-legged, except for the semi-finals, which have been two-legged since the competition began. In the single-legged top division, teams will play as away teams. The semi-finals were the exception to this when the away goals rule and penalties were introduced.

For final match that has finished level after extra time has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. The winner also qualifies for Mekong Club Championship until 2017[5] but from season 2020 the winner will qualify for ASEAN Club Championship.[6]

Final

Toyota League Cup Trophy
Year Winner Score Runners-up Venue
1987 Royal Thai Air Force
1988 Bangkok Bank
1989 Royal Thai Police
1990 Bangkok
(Osotsapa + Royal Thai Navy)
1991 Royal Thai Police
1992 Krung Thai Bank
1993 Royal Thai Police
1994 Royal Thai Air Force
2010 Thai Port 2–1 Buriram PEA Supachalasai Stadium
2011 Buriram PEA 2–0 Thai Port Supachalasai Stadium
2012 Buriram United 4–1 Ratchaburi Thammasat Stadium
2013 Buriram United 2–1 Ratchaburi Thammasat Stadium
2014 BEC Tero Sasana 2–0 Buriram United Supachalasai Stadium
2015 Buriram United 1–0 Sisaket Supachalasai Stadium
2016
2017 Muangthong United 2–0 Chiangrai United Supachalasai Stadium
2018 Chiangrai United 1–0 Bangkok Glass Thammasat Stadium
2019 PT Prachuap 1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) Buriram United SCG Stadium
2020 Cancelled
2021–22 Buriram United 4–0 PT Prachuap BG Stadium
2022–23 Buriram United 2–0 BG Pathum United Thunderdome Stadium
2023–24

Sponsorship

From 2010 to the present, the League Cup has attracted title sponsorship, the League Cup was named after its sponsor, giving it the following names:

Period Sponsor Name Trophy
2010 to 2020 Toyota Toyota League Cup[7][8] Sponsor designed
2021 Hilux Revo Hilux Revo League Cup Sponsor designed
2022 to Present Hilux Revo Hilux Revo Cup Sponsor designed

References

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